Bleach Wallpaper: Urahara: "If you attack, 'I'll cut them'."

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For some reason, I had to revisit this wallpaper. I was getting uncomfortable with how dark the previous texture
looked, so I'm just giving it a new breath of life here. I hope it looks even better now :)

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I submitted this wallpaper on AP and DA before, so here's my (standard) description:

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[Update...Again!]
Minor minor minor update. Basically I just smudged Urahara a bit to make him look more realistic.

[Update!]
Some people commented that Urahara looked too sketchy, so I've darkened him up a bit. Hopefully that works better
:)

Also, I've changed the characters on the "seal" to the Kanji for "Kubo" (the surname of Bleach's
mangaka for the uninitiated). I could have kicked myself for not thinking of him earlier (yes you can kick me too). He
deserves all the credit for drawing that awesome Urahara!

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Another Urahara wall! And my third wallpaper :)

I was just messing around with Illustrator when I realised that I could give images this "watercolour" look
(sorry I'm still new at this ><) So I did another "parchment" wallpaper. Only this time round it's
"Dampened, textured paper" according to :devbittered: (http://bittered.deviantart.com/art/Dampened-textured-paper-6590141).
I'm pretty happy with this one because I think it looks rather realistic. I'm not too sure about you so feel free to
criticise if you think it doesn't XD

I had a hard time trying to decipher the Kanji in order to type out the words (I couldn't see the furigana clearly in
the manga scan I had). So you better appreciate it hurhur...Just kidding XD The Chinese words in the "seal" is
actually my Chinese name, so it's effectively my signature :)

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The full quote by Urahara is here:

I'm really...Really disappointed.

Kurosaki...In your sword, all I see is "fear".

When you attack, “I’m afraid of cutting someone”.
Even when you try to protect someone; “I’m afraid of letting them die”.
Yes, your sword only speaks to me of absurd fear.
That’s not it.
What’s neccesary in a fight isn’t fear.
Nothing can be born from that.

If you dodge, “I won’t let them cut me”.
If you protect someone, “I won’t let them die”.
If you attack, “I’ll cut them”.

Well can’t you see…
… the resolve to cut you reflected in my sword?

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Urahara said that to Ichigo while he was training him. I thought that was kick-ass :)

I know I keep repeating this, but...Thanks for viewing! Do comment if you have any critiques/suggestions! :D

I love the idea, and you pulled it off great. It so has that feel to it. I love how you left Urahara only in lines and
the text you put on it give it that old Chinese paper feel. I love the textures to this is just so creative I love this.
And it also helps that I love Urahara..hehe.

IT has a good concept and text and texture, but character lines are very smudgy and blurry. I don't know if you were
going for a water coloring technique maybe but it's close to it, although I would recommend making it a tad cleaner
looking. Other than that, great job. ^-^ Keep it up!